Mental Health – Samuel F Hughes

Feelings

Hello. Thanks for coming, it’s nice to see you.Today I’m going to do a really counsellory thing; I’m going to talk about feelings.I think it’s really important to do this, but I also know that it’s not the easiest thing to do, because… Well, because often there just isn’t time to talk about feelings, andContinue reading “Feelings”

Smokey Smokerson

Hello. Guess what. That’s right, I’m torturing myself. That’s how it feels anyway, but deep down, in my rational grown up mind, I know my thinking is all skewy. The real torture of course is the routine inhalation of a noxious mixture of gas, tar, burning paper and god-knows-what else. That’s the real torture. EspeciallyContinue reading “Smokey Smokerson”

Blame and Happiness

Hey, it’s nice to see you here.I haven’t written a new blog post here for aaaaages – there’s been a long gap that was largely due to my computer deciding it didn’t like WordPress anymore, but which was also down to an overload of college work, and worst of all, an inability on my partContinue reading “Blame and Happiness”

Anthony Lysycia: The Art of Living

Anthony Lysycia, dancing with the camera in front of one of his massive canvases. Life. It’s a funny old thing isn’t it? You wait in silent darkness for billions of years, then all of a sudden: WHOOSH, surprise surprise, you clock in.You scream a lot at first, and you soon start bumping into stuff, and beforeContinue reading “Anthony Lysycia: The Art of Living”

Happiness

Happiness is a funny thing isn’t it? I mean, what even is it? The more I think about this, the harder it gets to come up with a functional definition. And the more I try to define it, the more questions I find myself asking. For example, I sometimes wonder: is happiness the same asContinue reading “Happiness”

A Request (for love): The Importance of Kindness and Respect

My eye. Owing to the fact that I harp endlessly on and on about being a trainee counsellor all the time, one of my favourite humans sent me a text yesterday with a question. I’ve decided to answer it here because writing lots of words on Whatsapp is painful, but writing lots of words onContinue reading “A Request (for love): The Importance of Kindness and Respect”

Deep Rest

How to Save Your Life #1 Thanks for reading this entry. I’ll warn you now that when you’ve finished reading it, you might feel confused. I talk a lot about riddles in it, and that makes the whole thing a little bit riddlish. Apologies for the riddlishness. I never thought I’d take mental health advice from Jim Carrey,Continue reading “Deep Rest”